2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup final

The 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final took place between Switzerland and Brazil on 22 November 2009 at Jumeirah Beach, Dubai. Brazil were the winners, winning by ten goals to five. Brazil have beaten fifteen other teams to be crowned FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 Winners. It was Brazil's fourth title in a row.

2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final
Event2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Date22 November 2009
VenueJumeirah Beach, Dubai
RefereeRuben Eiriz (Spain)
Attendance6,000
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Roads to the final

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Switzerland

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Switzerland started their campaign in group D, along with winners Brazil, with a close win against the Bahrain, winning 6–5. Switzerland confirmed their place in the quarter-finals by beating Nigeria in their second game 7-2 and taking themselves up to 6 points. In Switzerland's final they lost 4–2 to Brazil suggesting a Brazil win for the final. Therefore, Switzerland finished second in group D.

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 3 3 0 0 23 8 +15 9
   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 15 11 +4 6
  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 16 21 –5 3
  Bahrain 3 0 0 3 9 23 –14 0


As Switzerland were the runners-up of group B, they met the winners of group C, Russia in the quarter-finals. The game was closely tied but Switzerland sealed their victory with a late goal to win 4–2. This saw Switzerland move on to play Uruguay national beach soccer team in the semi-finals. The semi-final was a stronger performance by the Swiss. Going into the third period with a 4–1 lead, they never looked like the team that would lose and despite Uruguay's best efforts, they never even got back on level terms allowing Switzerland to win 7-4 and move on comfortably into the final against 12-time winners, Brazil.

Brazil

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Brazil started their world cup campaign as defending champions, in group D, along with Switzerland, comfortably beating Nigeria 11–5, with a hat-trick from Bruno and seven different scorers in all. Brazil continued to perform with an 8–1 win against Bahrain, the same result as against Japan at this stage of the competition in 2008, with Buru this time claiming four goals. Finally, Brazil finished off with a decent 4–2 win against Switzerland, who they would eventually beat in the final, finishing on top of the group with 9 points.

Team Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Pts
  Brazil 3 3 0 0 23 8 +15 9
   Switzerland 3 2 0 1 15 11 +4 6
  Nigeria 3 1 0 2 16 21 –5 3
  Bahrain 3 0 0 3 9 23 –14 0


In the quarter-finals, Brazil played the runners-up of group C, Italy, who they beat in last years final. Italy may have been up for revenge but despite a challenge for Brazil, a hat-trick from André helped Brazil onto a 6–4 win to progress on into the semi-finals. In the semi-finals Brazil met Portugal, again, at the same stage they did last year. However, despite the epic 5–4 win for Brazil last time, this match was much more one sided and with seven unique scorers yet again, Brazil eased past Portugal, 8–2, to make it to another final.

Match details

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Brazil  10–5   Switzerland
André   6', 23'
Betinho   8', 23'
Buru   8', 15'
Daniel   12'
Benjamin   18'
Sidney   31' (pen.)
Bueno   36'
Report Jaeggy   9'
Meier   30'
Rodrigues   31'
Schirinzi   34'
Stanković   36'
Attendance: 6 000
Referee:   Ruben Eiriz
Brazil
Switzerland
GK 1 Mão
DF 3 Bueno
W 7 Sydney
P 10 Benjamin (c)
DF 11 Buru
Substitutes:
GK 12 Alessandro
DF 2 Dino
DF 4 Betinho
W 5 Daniel Souza
P 6 Bruno   11'
DF 8 Daniel
P 9 André
Manager:
  Alexandre Soares
GK 1 Nico Jung
W 6 Stephan Leu
W 7 Sandro Spaccaarotella   25'
DF 8 Mo Jaeggy (c)
P 9 Dejan Stankovic
Substitutes:
GK 12 Valentin Jaeggy
DF 2 Samuel Lutz   36'
W 3 Kaspar Jaeggy
DF 4 Dominik Ziegler
W 5 Michael Rodrigues   20'
W 10 Stephan Meier
P 11 Angelo Schirinzi
Manager:
  Angelo Schirinzi

Overall statistics

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[1]   Brazil    Switzerland
Goals scored   10 5
Total shots 39 35
Shots on target 20 12
Own goals 0 0
Overheads 1 2
Ball possession 56% 44%
Corner kicks 1 7
Free kicks 7 3
Fouls committed 3 10
Yellow cards   1 3
Red cards   0 0

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup: Brazil 10:5 (4:1 4:0 2:4) Switzerland – Statistics". FIFA. 22 November 2009. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2012.